Interim Report 2006

1 January – 30 June

• Order intake amounted to SEK 724M (773) – a decrease of six per cent. • Net sales amounted to SEK 775M (621) – an increase of 25 per cent. • Operating profit amounted to SEK 51M (20). Excluding a capital loss of SEK 14M for the Pullmax companies, operating profit amounted to SEK 65M for the period. • The period’s profit after tax amounted to SEK 27M (34), equivalent to earnings per share of SEK 2.70 (3.41). The previous year’s result includes a capital gain of SEK 38M from closed operations. • KMT acquired the American company, Aqua-Dyne, for SEK 79M. The company was consolidated into KMT Waterjet Systems on 7 April 2006. The remaining companies within Pullmax were divested on 14 June 2006.